Rehabilitation Flexor

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a rehabilitation flexor having a center piece and two twisting assemblies. The center piece may include a top section, a bottom section, and a curved section longitudedly connected to form a continuous body partially surrounding a leg recess, which is configured to accommodate a human leg behind the knee. Each twisting assembly has at least a handle bar that can be held by the user and used to manipulate the rehabilitation flexor. The rehabilitation flexor may be used to improve the rehabilitation and recovery of a person's leg mobility and flexibility after injury or surgery. In one alternate embodiment, the center piece and twisting assemblies are one piece formed from an injection molding or similar process. In this alternate embodiment, the leg recess has a padded covering such as memory foam to help support and cushion the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A rehabilitation flexor, comprising:
 a center piece including a top section, and a curved section, the top section longitudedly connecting to the curved section, forming a continuous body partially surrounding a leg recess and having an interior, an exterior, and a center piece opening providing lateral access to the leg recess, wherein the leg recess is configured to have a contour that accommodates a human leg behind the knee; and   two twisting assemblies connected to the center piece.   
     
     
         2 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein the center piece further comprises:
 a bottom section longitudedly connected to the curved section at an opposite end to the top section, wherein
 the bottom section is part of the continuous body partially surrounding the leg recess. 
   
     
     
         3 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 2 , wherein
 the top section and the bottom section are partial cylindrical structures that are longitudedly straight, and   the curved section is a partial cylindrical structures that is longitudedly curved.   
     
     
         4 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 3 , wherein
 the center piece opening allows a human leg to be laterally inserted into the leg recess.   
     
     
         5 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein the center piece further comprises:
 two connecting rods, wherein
 each connecting rod attaches the twisting assembly to the center piece. 
   
     
     
         6 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein
 each twisting assembly comprises a straight bar and a handle bar connected to the straight bar.   
     
     
         7 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 6 , wherein
 moving the twisting assembly results in movement of the center piece.   
     
     
         8 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 center piece interior pads attached to the interior of the center piece.   
     
     
         9 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 8 , wherein
 the center piece has center piece edges aligning the center piece opening.   
     
     
         10 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 9 , wherein
 there are through holes on the center piece positioned along the center piece edges, and the through holes are paired one against another.   
     
     
         11 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 straps, each strap linking a pair of through holes positioned against each other.   
     
     
         12 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 6 , wherein
 each handle bar attaches to the straight bar with an angle, and the angle ranges from 110 to 160 degrees.   
     
     
         13 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein
 the connecting rods removably attach the twisting assemblies to the center piece.   
     
     
         14 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein
 the connecting rods permanently attach the twisting assemblies to the center piece.   
     
     
         15 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein
 there are handle bar covers covering the handle bar.   
     
     
         16 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 1 , wherein
 there are straight bar covers covering the straight bar.   
     
     
         17 . A rehabilitation flexor, comprising:
 a center piece including two connecting rods, a top section, a bottom section, and a curved section, the top section and the bottom section longitudedly connecting to the curved section, forming a continuous body partially surrounding a leg recess and having an interior, an exterior, and a center piece opening aligned by center piece opening edges, the center piece opening providing lateral access to the leg recess;   and two twisting assemblies, each twisting assembly having a straight bar connected to a handle bar with an angle,   wherein
 the leg recess is configured to have a contour that accommodate a human leg behind the knee, 
 the top section and the bottom section are partial cylindrical structures that are longitudedly straight, 
 the curved section is a partial cylindrical structures that is longitudedly curved, 
 the center piece opening allows a human leg to be inserted into the leg recess, 
 there are center piece interior pads attached to the interior of the center piece, 
 there are through holes positioned along the center piece edges and the through holes are paired one against another, 
 there are handle bar covers covering the handle bars, 
 there are straight bar covers covering the straight bars, 
 each connecting rod removably attaches a straight bar of a twisting assembly to the center piece, 
 the center piece is mirror symmetric, 
 and the two twisting assemblies are mirror symmetric. 
   
     
     
         18 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 17 , wherein the center piece opening aligns longitudedly along the top section, the curved section, and the bottom section. 
     
     
         19 . The rehabilitation flexor of  claim 17 , wherein the center piece include two first receiving tube and the twisting assemblies include two second receiving tubes, the first receiving tubes and the second receiving tubes accommodate the connecting rods. 
     
     
         20 . A rehabilitation flexor, comprising:
 a center piece including at least a top section, a curved section, and a bottom section,
 wherein the top section is longitudedly connected to the curved section and the bottom section is longitudedly connected to the opposite end of the curved section, forming a continuous body partially surrounding a leg recess and having an interior, an exterior, and a center piece opening providing lateral access to the leg recess,
 wherein the leg recess has a padded covering and is configured to have a contour that accommodates a human leg behind the knee; 
 
   two twisting assemblies connected to the center piece, each twisting assembly a straight bar section and a handle bar section with at least one covering positioned over at least one of the straight or handle bar sections; and   at least two straps coupled to the center piece,
 wherein the straps provide a mechanism of securement of the rehabilitation device to a human leg.